Question

How can I display intermediate values (i.e print a variable or a list ) on the terminal while running the mapreduce program using python MRJob library?

Answer 1

You can output the results to standard error using sys.stderr.write(). Here is an example:

from mrjob.job import MRJob
import sys
class MRWordCounter(MRJob):
    def mapper(self, key, line):
        sys.stderr.write("MAPPER INPUT: ({0},{1})\n".format(key,line))
        for word in line.split():
            yield word, 1

    def reducer(self, word, occurrences):
        occurencesList= list(occurrences)
        sys.stderr.write("REDUCER INPUT: ({0},{1})\n".format(word,occurencesList))
        yield word, sum(occurencesList)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    MRWordCounter.run()